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LETTER: Amend Constitution to fix immigration

The Courier-Post
Published 9:47 a.m. ET Sept. 19, 2017

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Six immigrants brought to the United States as children who became teachers, graduate students and a lawyer sued the Trump administration on Monday over its decision to end a program shielding them from deportation. (Sept. 18)
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This country has a tradition of welcoming people from all over the world, but not those who are here illegally.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

In order to prevent Congress from overriding the will of the American people, we need to pass a constitutional amendment to address illegal immigrants.

First, it should eliminate anchor babies, as this issue is not totally clear in the Constitution and has been interpreted several different ways.

Second, if DACA is approved, it should state that this shall never happen again and shall have an end date.

Third, there shall never be another amnesty of any kind. This includes things that are de facto amnesty but are disguised as something else. It seems that every 10 years we have this same debate. Non-enforcement of these issues only encourages more illegal immigration.